Events

Upcoming Events

The Fifth Annual Nitrogen: Minnesota’s Grand Challenge and Compelling Opportunity Conference will be held February 5, 2019 at the Verizon Conference Center in Mankato, with registration beginning at 8:15. Topics to be covered include nitrogen management when using manure, interactions between nitrogen management and soil health, and managing corn for both high yield and good environmental stewardship. Dr. Dan Jaynes, a USDA-ARS soil scientist with the National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment based in Ames, Iowa, will explore strategies to reduce nitrogen loss from Midwest cropping systems.

Nutrient Management Conference

The Eleventh Annual Nutrient Management Conference will be held February 19, 2019 at the Best Western Kelly Inn Center in St. Cloud, with registration beginning at 8:15. Sessions will cover challenges in phosphorus and sulfur management, nitrogen applications under irrigation, and effects of phosphorus availability due to residue management. Dr. Heidi Peterson of the International Plant Nutrition Institute will address national challenges relating to phosphorus fertilization. Two recent additions to the University of Minnesota research and outreach team will make their first presentations in this setting. In July 2018 Dr. Vasudha Sharma became the University of Minnesota’s Irrigation Specialist, and in August Dr. Lindsay Pease began her work as Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist in Nutrient and Water Management at the Northwest Research & Outreach Center in Crookston.

This educational event addressed nitrogen use in agriculture, groundwater and surface water issues, and animal and human health concerns.You can download each of the presentations by clicking on the links below: